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vessel, should be syringed over the affected trees 

 in the afternoon, after the sun has left for the 

 day. Probably this one application will, in addition 

 to destroying the aphis then on the trees, render the 

 foliage distasteful to future attacks during the re- 

 mainder of the season. 



RED SPIDER ON TREES OUT-OF-DOORS. 



In order to maintain the trees in a clean, healthy 

 condition, the soil about the roots must be kept 

 uniformly moist, and the foliage well syringed with 

 clean water every bright sunshiny afternoon, when 

 the sun has gone off the trees, throughout the 

 summer and early autumn. There is no fear of 

 trees thus treated " casting " their fruit-buds the 

 following year. This remark applies more especially 

 to the trees growing under glass. 



BUSH PEACH AND NECTARINE TREES IN 

 THE OPEN. 



The day is not far distant when the growing of 

 bush and half-standard trees of the peach and 

 nectarine as a commercial enterprise will be 

 practised on a more or less extensive scale in the 

 United Kingdom with satisfactory results. It is 

 only reasonable to suppose that any system of 



